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Rare Deep Sea Creature Caught on Camera

Mihai Andrei by Mihai Andrei
September 17, 2014
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Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus is a 64-meter research vessel currently operated by dr. Robert Ballard, the discovered of Titanic’s shipwreck. Now, Hercules’ camera spotted an extremely elusive deep sea creature – a siphonophore.

The siphonophore an order of the Hydrozoa, a class of marine animals belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, which also includes jellyfish. Although a siphonophore appears to be a single organism much like a jellyfish, each specimen is actually a colony composed of many individual animals, specialized to serve a specific function. In fact, most individuals (called zooids) are so specialized that they can’t survive on their own.  Most colonies are long, thin, transparent pelagic floaters. Some siphonophores superficially resemble jellyfish. The best known species is the dangerous Portuguese man o’ war (Physalia physalis).

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Siphonophores are truly remarkable creatures, unique in the animal kingdom.

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The Portuguese Man of War is the most famous example of a siphonophore. It may look like an individual organism, but it is actually a colony of individuals. Image via National Geographic.

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Andrei's background is in geophysics, and he's been fascinated by it ever since he was a child. Feeling that there is a gap between scientists and the general audience, he started ZME Science -- and the results are what you see today.

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